| EDICTOFNANTES | Order issued in 1598 granting substantial rights to French Protestants (5,2,6) |
| EDICTOF | Law granting religious and civil liberties to French Protestants, enacted by Henry IV in 1598 and revoked by Louis XIV in 1685 (5,2,6) |
| NANTES | Law granting religious and civil liberties to French Protestants, enacted by Henry IV in 1598 and revoked by Louis XIV in 1685 (5,2,6) |
| WRITS | What are written orders issued in connection with judicial proceedings (5) |
| EDICT | A proclamation having the force of law, such as that issued in Nantes in 1598, granting rights to the Huguenots (5) |
| CORNICHE | Take firm right to French resort around hard mountain road (8) |
| WOODROWWILSON | This American statesman was featured on the $100,000 bill, which was only issued in 1934 and 1935 |
| HUGUENOTS | French Protestants who believed in the doctrines of theologian John Calvin (b.1509 - d.1564) |
| DISUSE | Order issued -our pits were destined to fall into this (6) |
| CODERED | Immediate stop order issued to trains on London Underground (4,3) |
| JONSON | Dramatist who collaborated with Inigo Jones, his play Every Man in His Humour was performed by the Lord Chamberlain's Men in 1598 with Shakespeare in the cast (6) |
| HUGUENOT | Member of the French Protestants of the 16th and 17th centuries influenced by John Calvin |
| BERNINI | Baroque sculptor born in Naples in 1598 |
| EDICTAL | Of an order issued by government (7) |
| WRIT | Formal written order issued by a court (4) |
| DIKTAT | A harsh order issued by authority (6) |
| SUMMONS | Court order issued on Sunday after some discussion (7) |
| DECREENISI | Court order issued during divorce proceedings (6,4) |
| DECREES | Orders issued by ones in authority (7) |
| HUGHUGUENOTS | Embrace old French Protestants? |